Mosquito head

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:09 pm

Back in June I posted a "quiz" that was a mosquito pupa:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=20723

This is the actual mosquito that emerged from the pupa seen in that posting.

Olympus 20/0.40 LMPLFLN objective on Nikon MM-11 microscope. 20x on Canon T3i sensor.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:01 am

Amazing!

Rogelio

JH · Post by JH » Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:10 pm

Inspiring and interesting!

Jörgen

leonardturner · Post by **leonardturner** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:30 pm

Technically exquisite work; an absolutely beautiful end product. I am overwhelmed!

Leonard

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:55 pm

This is an amazing pic .
Thank you for sharing it with us .

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:59 am

wow

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:39 am

What I like especially about this image is a deeply satisfying sense of depth and solidity in it, despite it not being a stereo image. This comes I think from a combination of terrific detail and a well chosen rather dark and mysterious background.

Gerd · Post by **Gerd** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:39 am

Absolutely wonderful, Charlie !
The dark background matches perfectly.
How many shots did you use for this stack, please ?

Thank you for showing,

Gerd

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:32 am

Oh! That's how it should be done

How long, can I ask, between collection and photography? The eyes look very fresh.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:29 pm

How long, can I ask, between collection and photography?

How many shots did you use for this stack, please ?

Chris... This gal was in pupal stage less than 24 hours before I started. It emerged overnight and it went into the freezer very soon thereafter. Most important, photography began as soon as it thawed and the condensation dried. Curiously just a few days before this one I photographed a different mosquito (caught outside while dining on me! http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=20651 ) The eyes on that one were distinctly colorless even though the lighting and the elapsed time before photography were about the same.

Gerd... There were 178 images in the stack. Lots of additional "partial-stacks" were run and retouched in with Zerene. And then a good deal of time (too much!) spent cleaning up in Photoshop. Darker backgrounds are often nice, but they are often problematic when stacking "wispy" 3D subjects like the antennae and simply take more clean-up time.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:17 pm

Perfect!

hayath · Post by **hayath** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 2:31 am

What a treat! Exquisite detail and color

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:00 am

Wonderful!!